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Table 4.

Usage and pregnancy or conception rates of the cryopreserved semen of patients with cancer and patients with testicular cancer (TC)

Authors Year of study report	Patients who cryopreserved sperm (N)	Patients who used sperm for ART (N)	Usage rate (%)	Patients who used sperm with available data (N)	Patients who succeeded (N)	Success rate in pregnancy/paternity (%)
Studies on male patients with cancer overall
Ragni et al.101 2003	686	36	5.2	28	10	36^a
Ishikawa et al.102 2007	118	4	3.4	4	2	50^a
van Casteren et al.103 2008	557	42	7.5	37	18	49^a
Bizet et al.104 2012	931	57	6.1	47	22	47^a
Botchan et al.105 2013	682	70	10.3	68	27	40^a
Studies on patients with TC
Spermon et al.46 2003	78	13	16.7	13	7	54^b
Magelssen et al.31 2005	422	29	6.9	29	16	55 ^b
Brydøy et al.43 2005	326	59	18.1	59	18	31 ^b
Sonnenburg et al.10 2015	61	11	18.0	11	9	82 ^b

ART, assisted reproductive technology. ^aPregnancy rate; ^bPaternity rate.